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Jeremiah Chapter 10 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Jeremiah 10:21

For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
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BBE Jeremiah 10:21

For the keepers of the sheep have become like beasts, not looking to the Lord for directions: so they have not done wisely and all their flocks have been put to flight.
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DARBY Jeremiah 10:21

For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not sought Jehovah; therefore have they not acted wisely, and all their flock is scattered.
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KJV Jeremiah 10:21

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
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WBT Jeremiah 10:21

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WEB Jeremiah 10:21

For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Yahweh: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
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YLT Jeremiah 10:21

For the shepherds have become brutish, And Jehovah they have not sought, Therefore they have not acted wisely, And all their flock is scattered.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21. - The pastors; i.e. the civil authorities (see on Jeremiah 2:8). They shall not prosper; rather, they have not prospered; or, better still, they have not acted wisely, the notion of prospering being rather suggested than expressed (the same word is used in Isaiah lit. 13).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(21) The pastors.--The "shepherds," used, as in Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 3:15, and elsewhere, of rulers generally, rather than of priests as such.Therefore they shall not prosper.--Better, therefore they have not done wisely. This is the primary meaning of the word (that of prosperity, as the result of prudence, the secondary), and is adopted by the LXX., Vulg., and most other versions.All their flocks.--Literally, all their pasture, the place, or the act, of pasturing, taken practically for the sheep that fed on it.